Commentary Sierra Club Response to Senate Gun Control Votes by Press on June 21, 2016 Press Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016. Today, the U.S. Senate defeated efforts by Senators Dianne Feinstein and Chris Murphy to make it harder for suspected terrorists to acquire firearms and to close the gun show loophole.